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Solar Cell

Crystal Arrangement Results in 1,000x more Power from Ferroelectric Solar Cells

German researchers developed a lattice arrangement of three different layers of ferroelectric crystals that created a powerful photovoltaic effect.

Australia

Oil Search, Santos Close to Deal to Create Top 20 Global Oil Firm

Oil Search said on Monday it intended to recommend an improved buyout offer from Santos Ltd, worth A$8.4 billion, in a deal that would create a top-20 global oi…

Wind Power Project

GE Renewable Energy and Partners Complete Wind Turbine Blade Trials

GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and GE Research, in partnership with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) laun…

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall to Take Care of Power Offtake for Parkwind’s First Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Vattenfall and Parkwind have entered into a cooperation agreement under which Vattenfall will be a ‘direct marketer’ of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm

Hydrogen Transport

World’s First International Liquid-Hydrogen Shipment Delayed Again by up to Eight Months

The Suiso Frontier vessel had originally been due to make the journey from Australia to Japan in March this year, but it might not now happen until March 2022, …

Nigeria

Wärtsilä to Modernise Flour Mills Nigeria's Power Generation Facilities

The two received orders were booked by Wärtsilä in March and June.

Energy Investment

Singapore's GIC invests $240 mln in Arctic Green Energy

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC will invest $240 million in Arctic Green Energy to support the renewable energy firm's expansion in Asia and Europe.

Rosatom

ROSATOM Launched the Construction Works for the Research Reactor Complex in Bolivia

The Cyclotron Radiopharmacy Preclinical Complex, and the Multipurpose Irradiation Center, which will be commissioned in the next few months.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Scripps Gets $35M to Build Hydrogen-Hybrid Powered Research Vessel

The state of California has set aside $35 million for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to design and build a new coastal research vessel with a first-of-…

South Korea

Ground Broken for Munmu Daewang Science Research Center

Ground was broken on July 21 for the construction of a large-scale nuclear research center that will focus on three areas -- small modular reactors, nuclear pow…

Nuclear Power Plant

Tepco Anticipates Delay in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Restart

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata Prefecture will not be restarted until fiscal 2022 (ending March 2023) at the earliest

Energy Storage Battery

Novel Material for Low Cost Flow Batteries

New research on the readily available organic compound fluorenone indicates its potential for lower cost battery energy storage.

Video: The Former Coal Town Leading the Race for Clean Energy

​The Port of Blyth boasts a world-class research hub for offshore renewable energy.

South Africa

ArcVera Renewables’ New Permanent Office in Cape Town Strengthens Pperations in Southern Africa

This move underpins South Africa’s growing importance as a strategic market for ArcVera Renewables.

Wave Energy

University Researchers Win Grant to Advance Wave Energy in Thailand

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have been awarded around £300 000 from Innovate UK to develop the first microgrids powered by onshore wave energ…